Hispanopedia Wiki558 Carmen is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. As with a number of asteroids discovered by Max Wolf, it is named after a female character in opera, in this case the title character of Bizet's Carmen. This is classified as an M-type asteroid that spans a girth of approximately 59 km. The near infrared spectrum of this object is described as featureless. Some evidence for iron-poor orthopyroxenes on the surface has been reported.[2]
References
- ↑"558 Carmen (1905 QB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑Gil-Hutton, Ricardo (April 1998), "Photometry of Asteroids 558 Carmen, 613 Ginevra, and 1124 Stroobantia", Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica, 34: 9–11, Bibcode:1998RMxAA..34....9G.
External links
- 558 Carmen at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris ·Observation prediction ·Orbital info ·Proper elements ·Observational info
- 558 Carmen at the JPL Small-Body Database
Categories:
- Minor planet object articles (numbered)
- Background asteroids
- Discoveries by Max Wolf
- Named minor planets
- Carmen
- M-type asteroids (Tholen)
- Astronomical objects discovered in 1905
- Georges Bizet
- Main-belt-asteroid stubs